Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs

Completed inquiries and reports

Consult the Register of Senate Committee Reports if you are unsure when a report was tabled.

Report Name Date Tabled
Legislation Committee
Food Standards Amendment (Truth in Labelling – Palm Oil) Bill 2009 26 August 2010
National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Bill 2010 26 August 2010
Plain Tobacco Packaging (Removing Branding from Cigarette Packs) Bill 2009 26 August 2010
Poker Machine (Reduced Losses - Interim Measures) Bill 2009 and Protecting Problem Gamblers Bill 2009 26 August 2010
Responsible Takeaway Alcohol Hours Bill 2010 26 August 2010
National Health and Hospitals Network Bill 2010 24 August 2010
Food Standards Australia New Zealand Amendment Bill 2010 [Provisions] 15 June 2010
Consideration of Time Critical Bills 15 June 2010
Exposure Draft and Paid Parental Leave Bill 2010 [Provisions] 3 June 2010
Health Practitioner Regulation (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010 [Provisions] 12 May 2010
Health Insurance Amendment (Pathology Requests) Bill 2010 [Provisions] 12 May 2010
Healthcare Identifiers Bill 2010 [Provisions] and Healthcare Identifiers (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010 [Provisions] 15 March 2010
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform and Reinstatement of Racial Discrimination Act) Bill 2009 [Provisions] Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment
(2009 Measures) Bill 2009 [Provisions] Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Restoration of Racial Discrimination Act) Bill 2009
10 March 2010
Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009 and two related Bills 1 February 2010
Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009 and two related Bills 17 August 2009
Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2009 Measures No. 2) Bill 2009 7 August 2009
National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for Doctors and Other Health Workers 6 August 2009
Fairer Private Health Insurance Incentives Bill 2009 and two related bills 5 August 2009
Health Insurance Amendment (Extended Medicare Safety Net) Bill 2009 5 August 2009
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Pension Reform and Other 2009 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 24 June 2009
Compliance Audits on Medicare Benefits 17 June 2009
Family Assistance Amendment (Further 2008 Budget Measures) Bill 2009 16 June 2009
Health Workforce Australia Bill 2009 16 June 2009
Private Health Insurance Legislation Amendment Bill 2009 16 June 2009
Private Health Insurance (National Joint Replacement Register Levy) Bill 2009 16 June 2009
References Committee
Planning Options and Services for People Ageing with a Disability 2 September 2010
The Prevalence of Interactive and Online Gambling in Australia 2 September 2010
Consumer Access to Pharmaceutical Benefits 26 August 2010
Gene Patents 26 August 2010
Suicide in Australia 24 June 2010
Hear Us: Inquiry into Hearing Health in Australia 13 May 2010
Implementation of the Recommendations of the Lost Innocents and Forgotten Australians Reports 25 June 2009
Standing Committee
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Improved Support for Carers) Bill 2009 7 May 2009
Family Assistance and Other Legislation Amendment (2008 Budget and other Measures) Bill 2009 7 May 2009
Petrol Sniffing and Substance Abuse in Central Australia 19 March 2009
Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 and Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009 16 March 2009
Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No.2) 2008-2009 relating to the social housing program 10 February 2009
Government Expenditure on Indigenous Affairs and Social Services in the Northern Territory 4 December 2008
Protecting Children from Junk Food Advertising (Broadcasting Amendment) Bill 2008 2 December 2008
Aged Care Amendment (2008 Measures No. 2) Bill 2008 20 November 2008
Social Security and Veterans' Entitlements Legislation Amendment (Schooling Requirements) Bill 2008 13 November 2008
National Rental Affordability Scheme Bill 2008 and National Rental Affordability Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 12 November 2008
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Further 2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008 10 November 2008
Poker Machine Harm Reduction Tax (Administration) Bill 2008 10 November 2008
Poker Machine Harm Minimisation Bill 2008 10 November 2008
ATMs and Cash Facilities in Licensed Venues Bill 2008 10 November 2008
Building trust: Supporting families through Disability Trusts 16 October 2008
Draft National Health (Pharmaceutical Benefits — Charges) Regulations 2008 2 October 2008
Mental Health Services in Australia 25 September 2008
National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical and Other Benefits - Cost Recovery) Bill 2008 22 August 2008
A matter relating to the PET Review of 2000 26 June 2008
Ready-to-Drink Alcohol Beverages 24 June 2008
Alcohol Toll Reduction Bill 2007 18 June 2008
Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Emergency Response Consolidation) Bill 2008 [Provisions] 15 May 2008
Cost of living pressures on older Australians 20 March 2008